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<\/a>\u00a0 This area of northern Ghana is hot and dry. Termite mounds and round mud huts dot the countryside. Ray explained that the weather was ideal right now, and would be hotter in two months. I get lightheaded just thinking about it.<\/p>\nAfter dropping off most of our gear at the guest house, we headed to a local radio station.\u00a0 A very friendly man there named Thomas had some praise music in one of the local languages: Dagbani.\u00a0 We will use it for the audio players, but really want the language Komba or Konkomba, which are the dialects used by the Konkomba people.\u00a0 However, Ray has arranged for local singers, drummers, and everything once we make it up even further north and east.\u00a0 Thomas promised to start looking for Konkomba music and will contact Ray if he finds any.<\/p>\n Here is a 1 minute sample of the music we received from Thomas:<\/p>\n dagbani worhip music<\/a><\/p>\n With our radio station visit such a quick and short success, we took the opportunity to drive and meet a couple of Ray’s friends, and evaluate some of the local accomodations if a large 20 person team were to some day head up here.\u00a0 We also dropped in a small market and bought food supplies.\u00a0 The local diet here consists of a lot of seasoned rice, sometimes with fish or chicken.\u00a0 However, up here in Tamale, we see a lot of goats too… wandering the neighborhoods and along the streets.\u00a0 We drove past a local sidewalk butcher was preparing a sale. No photos or descriptions supplied. I’m guessing before this trip is over we will be offered goat meat.\u00a0 Hmmm, maybe the kababs we had for dinner were goat?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyway, a very full day.\u00a0 Tomorrow we drive to Yendi.\u00a0 Ray wanted us to be ready by 5:00am, but watching our shocked look, he offered 6:00. We countered with 7:00 :-) Tomorrow we dive into real recordings and video.\u00a0 It will be a treat to hear their music and prepare the audio for loading up on the solar powered digital players that will eventually have songs, stories, and parts of the bible for the Komba people.\u00a0 Once up at Ray’s house, I’ll spend some time working on the trial water filter, which we hope can be distributed in the same fashion to the Komba people.<\/p>\n We will (try) to keep you posted….<\/p>\n -Pete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A long day it way.\u00a0 Successful in every way, but long.\u00a0 Last night we collapsed on our bed under the chit chit chit of the ceiling fan. We slept well. The deep sleep of a destination accomplished. In the morning we attended Church.\u00a0 I apologize for not getting fantastic pictures from church, but I only … Continue reading Successful in Tamale<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n